I'd assume that's one of the benefits of the "3 felonies a day"[1] mindset is that if everyone has a conviction for something, it loses its stigma.

IMHO it rightfully should. Considering you can get felony sex offender (a double whammy) status for taking a leak in a dark alley, the word needs to lose all connotation that it means anything beyond "actions a bureaucrat, not necessarily a reasonable person, really doesn't like for whatever reason".

[1] http://www.threefeloniesaday.com/Youtoo/tabid/86/Default.asp...